Size dependence of melting of GaN nanowires with triangular cross sections

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Zhiguo ^a   Zu, Xiaotao ^a   Gao, Fei ^b   Weber, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; MELTING; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ATOMIC CONFIGURATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SATURATION VALUE; TRIANGULAR SHAPE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 33847642107     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2512140     Document Type: Article

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